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Notts ace Sophie Bradley focusing on Euros with England, not…

THERE appears to be a wall of secrecy being built around plans for the new women's Super League.Some clubs involved have apparently been forbidden to talk about it.What is known is that the successful Lincoln Ladies are becoming Notts County Ladies, Doncaster Belles, one of the most successful ladies sides in Britain, are not in it and neither are ambitious Nottingham Forest Ladies.At the moment the other teams joining Notts County in the new top tier of women's football will be Arsenal...

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Nottingham Forest fan view: Richard Greatorex

IN Monday's Post, former player Kenny Burns said he expects it to be tougher for Forest to gain promotion next season. I'd be inclined to disagree with him on this occasion – although I won't tell him to his face!Of the relegated sides, only Reading look set to be challenging at the top, with Nigel Adkins at the helm and a side full of players that gained promotion to the top-flight last season. Compare that to QPR, where there looks set to be a fire sale to reduce their massive wage bill,...

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Factfile: Sophie Bradley

Name: Sophie BradleyAge: 23Position: DefenderClubs: Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, Lincoln Ladies.Club careerBradley began her career at Nottingham Forest, after being promoted into the first team from the youth side and spent one season with the Reds before Leeds United in 2006.She reached three cup finals with Leeds, the Premier League Cup final twice and FA Women's Cup once.She captained them to victory in the Premier League Cup against Everton in 2010, but had to endure two...

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Nottingham Forest fan view: Phil Viles

BILLY Davies has a busy summer of transfers ahead of him, and I'm sure he's already studied every area where improvements are needed and compiled a wish-list of the players who can fill those areas.One area I hope he's considered is between the sticks. When Alex McLeish decided Lee Camp's attitude was not conducive to the team and released him, it left Forest with a huge problem: they didn't have an experienced man to replace him, and still haven't.Big names were mentioned to fill the void,...

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Nottingham Forest fan view: Sunny Sandhu

LAST weekend the Eurovision Song Contest came from the Swedish city of Malmo. The voting from Germany came from Hamburg. And the winner of this famous old pan-European competition was someone called Forest.My first reaction to this was to wonder if this latest triumph was worthy of a third star on our shirt. Then my mind was filled with images of Trevor Francis rolling around in a shot-putt circle in West Germany.What all this reminded me of is what a glorious past Forest have. Memories that...

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Nottingham Forest fan panel: Matthew Jones

I hope, with the utmost respect, that in the great boardroom in the sky Nigel Doughty is looking down at the goings on at the City Ground and smiling.I hope he takes pride in the legacy that he left behind.With the new Kuwaiti owners, I think Billy Davies may have the chance that he has always fought for when steering the Reds ever closer to the EPL.For all his strengths, Doughty's major flaw was to never back his manager in the January transfer window.Forest never seemed to make the final...

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Nottingham Forest step up chase for Elliott Ward after defender…

NOTTINGHAM Forest are leading the race to sign defender Elliott Ward, after he was officially released by Premier League Norwich City.Both Sean O'Driscoll and Alex McLeish had assured Ward that they wanted to make his loan move to the City Ground permanent this summer.That was initially thrown into slight doubt when Billy Davies became the club's third manager of the season in February.But Ward's performances in the final quarter of the season under the Scotsman were impressive.While Greg...

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